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the budget deficit will be smaller, a lot smaller. they predict the federal budget deficit will be $642 billion. that's down more than $200 billion from the estimate in february. so why the change? well, spending cuts are one thing. higher tax revenues in part from a healthier economy are another. more companies are paying back uncle sam for their bailout loans. >> it's not just the government getting into better financial shape but so are the rest of us. new statistics from the federal reserve show that americans are doing a lot less borrowing these days. ha ha hamt p ton pearson has more on what that means. >> reporter: households lightened their deficits by $110 billion. debt payments increased and delinquency rates fell across the board on everything from home mortgages, home equity loans and credit cards. people like bradford elder who has been on a self-prescribed diet. >> as the economy improves people are much more cognizant of the amount of debt they're taking on. what kind of debt is it? risky debt, revolving credit card deb
the budget deficit will be smaller, a lot smaller. they predict the federal budget deficit will be $642 billion. that's down more than $200 billion from the estimate in february. so why the change? well, spending cuts are one thing. higher tax revenues in part from a healthier economy are another. more companies are paying back uncle sam for their bailout loans. >> it's not just the government getting into better financial shape but so are the rest of us. new statistics from the federal...
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. >> i think it will be a -- into the future because of the defici deficits, and the gap, how they can take it down. you at some point they'll want it to go up. anybody who's been on a diagonal knows you can get off the jelly doughnuts and survive. >> he's managing directors. he is not one he believes we need that -- >> he's also quite a winner. so i don't know if i'm going to basically put the stamp of approval on his predictions. but clearly he knows what he's talking about. pretty strong performance there. >> as aggressively as all these nay sayers having saying. so even if there were a modest pullback. we've also outlasted any void of buy side that would fill in. i think any time we did have a pullback, you'll see people come in and say maybe here is the first step to come in. >> are you one who worries about the possible tapers about the fed? >> it would come at some point. >> it's undeniable, and in the first four months out of the years. but that selling that's going to come when it steps away will be slow. we've seen them hint at it twice in the past few months. both times they
. >> i think it will be a -- into the future because of the defici deficits, and the gap, how they can take it down. you at some point they'll want it to go up. anybody who's been on a diagonal knows you can get off the jelly doughnuts and survive. >> he's managing directors. he is not one he believes we need that -- >> he's also quite a winner. so i don't know if i'm going to basically put the stamp of approval on his predictions. but clearly he knows what he's talking about....
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the true issue with deficits. when you pad the course with too much weight it doesn't make the trip as efficiently. and i do understand everybody wants to ring the bell on smaller deficits. i'm in the club as well. we need to be be honest about it. obviously that's the main motivation. but there's another. we cosigned for all the losses. just hope it doesn't mean no reform. we need a free market in housing that isn't the government. nothing talks about free markets better than a really old book. wealth of nations 1776. hey, that was a really good year by the way. adam smith. what is the underlying premise of adam smith we can apply in ample helpings to a variety of issues in the day? that is who should best deal with the procurement? whether it's a natural resource like natural gas or whether the government should decide who gets loans or what what type of loans. no, no, no. it should be free market for free men. and as the wealth of nations pointed out. don't worry about natural gas. the government can't decide w
the true issue with deficits. when you pad the course with too much weight it doesn't make the trip as efficiently. and i do understand everybody wants to ring the bell on smaller deficits. i'm in the club as well. we need to be be honest about it. obviously that's the main motivation. but there's another. we cosigned for all the losses. just hope it doesn't mean no reform. we need a free market in housing that isn't the government. nothing talks about free markets better than a really old...
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paying down our deficit. it is kicking the can down the road and frankly, we are out of road. >> you would think that those people would all be pushing to take credit for our incredible deficit reduction celebrating that there would be press conferences. but no, there was nothing. what makes that nothing this week so very ironic is that not only did republicans essentially ignore the cbo report but they chose to spend the time they should have been out celebrating our lowest predicted deficits since 2008 trying once again to repeal obama care. they voted for the 37th time to repeal obama care despite the fact that there is good reason to believe that obama care is to credit for much of the remarkable deficit reduction projected this week by the cbo. the deficit reduction republicans used to hold up as their entire reason for being. because the biggest driver of our long term deficits is rising health care costs and -- get this -- between 2009 and 2011, total health spending grew at the lowest annual pace in t
paying down our deficit. it is kicking the can down the road and frankly, we are out of road. >> you would think that those people would all be pushing to take credit for our incredible deficit reduction celebrating that there would be press conferences. but no, there was nothing. what makes that nothing this week so very ironic is that not only did republicans essentially ignore the cbo report but they chose to spend the time they should have been out celebrating our lowest predicted...
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now we only have a deficit less than 100 the next six months. the net issuance versus refunding is a little over 100. that means we have 400 billion, 400 billion that has to be made up. so basically think about this. that's being taken out of the market, out of the bond market. 400 billion is now in your hands, my hands and other folks's hands. and there's a few choices. it either has to go in the economy, which, you know it probably will go somewhat in the economy. it has to go to the short end of the curve trade better. we have this excess. or it has to make stocks trade higher. now, the problem is you might be worried some of that might go into the economy and, you know it might stimulate with a little bit of surge. basically, afterwards, we also have to cut back because the deficits in the future will be less than this trillion dollars. so if we don't taper back we will get into this hyper drive market. it's backwards. the fed has to taper back. because if you look at the numbers, it's so tremendous, these numbers are so tremendous that you
now we only have a deficit less than 100 the next six months. the net issuance versus refunding is a little over 100. that means we have 400 billion, 400 billion that has to be made up. so basically think about this. that's being taken out of the market, out of the bond market. 400 billion is now in your hands, my hands and other folks's hands. and there's a few choices. it either has to go in the economy, which, you know it probably will go somewhat in the economy. it has to go to the short...
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he inherited a city with $300,000 budget deficit. the state's appointed emergency financial manager warned that the deficit could $386 million by jewel 1st. >>> in new jersey the role other coaster at seaside heights is being demolished. it was a symbol of the pamage that superstorm sandy inflicted on the east coast. those are your headlines. i'm patti ann browne. back to you. ashley: patti ann, we thank you so much. get back to the markets. call it a case of the tuesdays. the dow less than two hours from extending the win he can street of 18 straight tuesday as the market is on track to finish in record territory yet again. joining me, above pavlick, from banyon partners with his take what he is watching to drive the market higher. bob, thank you so much for joining us. so you say, look there's lots more room to the upside. i don't say that you say a lot of room but there is room to the upside. what is driving the markets right now? we've gone through earnings. the economic date at thaa is so so. by all economic accounts we're drift
he inherited a city with $300,000 budget deficit. the state's appointed emergency financial manager warned that the deficit could $386 million by jewel 1st. >>> in new jersey the role other coaster at seaside heights is being demolished. it was a symbol of the pamage that superstorm sandy inflicted on the east coast. those are your headlines. i'm patti ann browne. back to you. ashley: patti ann, we thank you so much. get back to the markets. call it a case of the tuesdays. the dow less...
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and the amazing shrinking american budget deficit. i'll ask mitt romney's chief economic adviser whether he thinks the problem has gone away. >>> also, as america prepares to draw down from afghanistan, what can it learn from britain's withdrawal 170 years ago? i'll ask theauthor of a great new book. >>> next, a look into the crystal ball of technology with google's executive chairman eric schmit. a sure fire plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. how so? stay tuned. >>> first, here is my take. conservatives are, of course, mad at barack obama. we'll talk about the various scandals in a moment, but they're also mad at a country that isn't mad enough at him. this frustration is now taking over main stream and intelligent voices within the conservative movement and about broader issues than benghazi. brett stevens, the columnist for "wall street journal" lementes that president obama is not paying a price for a foreign policy that he, stevens, describes as isolationist. now, isolationism will come as a surprise to the diplomat soldier
and the amazing shrinking american budget deficit. i'll ask mitt romney's chief economic adviser whether he thinks the problem has gone away. >>> also, as america prepares to draw down from afghanistan, what can it learn from britain's withdrawal 170 years ago? i'll ask theauthor of a great new book. >>> next, a look into the crystal ball of technology with google's executive chairman eric schmit. a sure fire plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. how so? stay tuned....
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the deficit matters. if you have over 200% debt to gd ratio you have finance it domesticly. if you have foreigners buying your currency it matters. prirnt money like crazy, this can not have a good ending. cyprus when that blew up it was, a big deal. but japan is of course much bigger deal. we've always argue we never had a eurozone crisis. that is good news. bad news we have a global crisis that might focus on the japan or the u.k.. lori: what should that basket of currencies look like for the best investment? >> there is no safe haven as i indicated. you have to spread your eggs. one the cure return sis more than many others do is the euro priest sigh list because everybody else hates it. they're mopping up liquidity where everyone else is printing money. they have a lot of pain. the reason they have pain is they're not print enough money. i'm not saying buy equities but the currency can be stronger. ultimately you have to have a basket. can't put money one egg, be it australian dollar or the looun any or whatever it may be. lori: axel merk. thanks for coming in. melissa:
the deficit matters. if you have over 200% debt to gd ratio you have finance it domesticly. if you have foreigners buying your currency it matters. prirnt money like crazy, this can not have a good ending. cyprus when that blew up it was, a big deal. but japan is of course much bigger deal. we've always argue we never had a eurozone crisis. that is good news. bad news we have a global crisis that might focus on the japan or the u.k.. lori: what should that basket of currencies look like for the...
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that is the deficit problem. without entitlement reform there is no amount of growth that will fix it. melissa: christian, isn't this all noise and nonsense until we fix that problem? >> well, not exactly because, you know, when you have an economy that's suffering from high unemployment andd3 stagnating wages you're not at your full productive capacity. once you reach that level as we've seen in the last few months, once you increase revenues whether it comes from tax increases or improved economic conditions, you drastically and very quickly lower your debt position and your deficit position. that should be the first order of business. that is really what we do first before we figure out what is our true remaining structural long-term deficit. melissa: okay, but doug, you're a numbers guy. let's do thisatively, rather than with our emotions. can the economy quantitatively grow enough to deal with paying for our promises for the entitlements and the system that we have laid out? >> no. at the heart of this are p
that is the deficit problem. without entitlement reform there is no amount of growth that will fix it. melissa: christian, isn't this all noise and nonsense until we fix that problem? >> well, not exactly because, you know, when you have an economy that's suffering from high unemployment andd3 stagnating wages you're not at your full productive capacity. once you reach that level as we've seen in the last few months, once you increase revenues whether it comes from tax increases or...
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neil: we are celebrating the deficits come and is not as big as we thought. only in washington. only in washington can they celebrated us visit that is no longer a trillion dollars. welcome, i am norto. when it gets down to $700 billion or so, you'd think the you hit the jackpot, sort of like the guy 700 pounds loses 10 pounds and thinks that he is winning the battle. about $231 billion last than this time last year. that is $16.7 trillion. a flood of retiring baby boomers just keeps getting in. it usually proves that they grow to have a depressing and they ultimately end up in those places. so let's not get ahead of ourselves and think that we have hit a triple this because we broke up on third base. we did not. former house republican leader dick armey warned his colleagues not to use this as an excuse to give up the spending fight. but dick, i'm worried that's what will happen. >> i think the republicans need to understand that they have a special place right now in this country. the whole obama administration, 90% of the press, they are in a sea of delusion. and if the repub
neil: we are celebrating the deficits come and is not as big as we thought. only in washington. only in washington can they celebrated us visit that is no longer a trillion dollars. welcome, i am norto. when it gets down to $700 billion or so, you'd think the you hit the jackpot, sort of like the guy 700 pounds loses 10 pounds and thinks that he is winning the battle. about $231 billion last than this time last year. that is $16.7 trillion. a flood of retiring baby boomers just keeps getting...
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neil: deficits are tumbling the revenues are coming in. >> then the next thing you know the wags, you know --. neil: we don't have to cut. we don't have to cut. >> cbo says problem solved. this is what some blogger on "the washington post" said today believe the cbo forecast i have some swampland in florida. they suggest 40 years no recession or no economic dislocation we will create seven times more jobs in the next decade than we did over the next decade with wage and salary growth two times what has been. >> that $642 billion it is a lot less than it was in well under $1 trillion and we can remember a time when deficits were approaching $100 billion now we celebrate 642 billion but whatever that is. >> of course, $50 billion is a pavement a tax gimmick from fannie mae. where do they get the 60 million? they borrow it. neil: a lot of it is a tax increase. that part is there temporarily because with the fiscal cliff came at the end of the year there was a huge pre-emptive realization and bonuses were paid and 100 billion as one time revenue. neil: so you say with a focus on the lates
neil: deficits are tumbling the revenues are coming in. >> then the next thing you know the wags, you know --. neil: we don't have to cut. we don't have to cut. >> cbo says problem solved. this is what some blogger on "the washington post" said today believe the cbo forecast i have some swampland in florida. they suggest 40 years no recession or no economic dislocation we will create seven times more jobs in the next decade than we did over the next decade with wage and...
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the other thing that's happening, six months ago, we were looking at trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see. we're now looking at the cbo revising down deficit estimates very aggressively, the combination of the sequester, the fiscal cliff tax hikes. we're looking at 2% in less than two years. it's one of the reasons why the market is saying, we're now able to wean ourselves off this debt-dependent growth without a recession. that's critical. >> we haven't even mentioned the energy dividend that's awaiting us in the next five years. you know, the fact that the united states is going to be a big energy independent within five years, the fact that we're going to be accounting for 50% of the oil production in the world, how could you discount that? i just don't see it. >> i see everyone nodding. everyone loves the energy story, that much is for sure. whether you're an optimist or pessimist on more on the market is next. two weeks ago, it was an apology video, and this week, after a tumultuous reign, jcpenney is thanking retailers for coming back. but was jcpenney premature i
the other thing that's happening, six months ago, we were looking at trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see. we're now looking at the cbo revising down deficit estimates very aggressively, the combination of the sequester, the fiscal cliff tax hikes. we're looking at 2% in less than two years. it's one of the reasons why the market is saying, we're now able to wean ourselves off this debt-dependent growth without a recession. that's critical. >> we haven't even mentioned the...
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deficit. it's now $200 billion smaller than it was estimated just in february, $642 billion is the projection for the current fiscal year. that's 4% of gross domestic product, which is less than half in both dollar terms and percentage of gdp than it was in 2009, the first year of president obama's presidency. this shows that because of better than expected revenue, slower than expected growth in spending, in part because health care costs are slowing, the deficit is going to fall to 2.1% of gdp in 2015. so, we've had a lot of concern that we've discussed for years about the size of the u.s. deficit. it is now coming down pretty rapidly, bill. >> you know, it's symptomatic of our new normal here. we consider $3 gasoline cheap and we think $642 billion deficit is low. >> but as a percentage -- >> you know what i'm saying. >> yes, i do. but the historical standard -- >> john, does that mean that the gdp is expected to shrink -- >> what's that? >> when we talk about these percentages as a functio
deficit. it's now $200 billion smaller than it was estimated just in february, $642 billion is the projection for the current fiscal year. that's 4% of gross domestic product, which is less than half in both dollar terms and percentage of gdp than it was in 2009, the first year of president obama's presidency. this shows that because of better than expected revenue, slower than expected growth in spending, in part because health care costs are slowing, the deficit is going to fall to 2.1% of...
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the smallest deficit sense 2008 which is five years ago. the deficit had been topping $1 trillion every year cynic the recession ended four years ago. they credit the economic recovery, new tax rules and spending cuts with shrinking the deficit. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." may seem hard to believe that you're not experiencing deja vu here, but it happened again now, a military serviceman whose job it is to protect against sexual assault has excused himself of sexual assault. latest case involves a ft. hood sergeant. you won't believe this, i couldn't believe it, into prostitution and for sexually assaulting this guy did apparently charged with two others. the army's not releasing his identity as he has not been charged officially, but get a load of his job title, sexual harassment response and coordinator. that's right, the guy you're supposed to go to for help is accused of sexually assaulting someone. this comes just one week after the man in charge of sexual assault from the entire air force was charged with sexu
the smallest deficit sense 2008 which is five years ago. the deficit had been topping $1 trillion every year cynic the recession ended four years ago. they credit the economic recovery, new tax rules and spending cuts with shrinking the deficit. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." may seem hard to believe that you're not experiencing deja vu here, but it happened again now, a military serviceman whose job it is to protect against sexual assault has excused...
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austerity cut the public role, that does nothing except hurt the deficit. if you want to reduce the deficit, the best thing you can do is invest in education. the education of american people brings more money to the treasury than anything you name, whether it's early childhood k-12, higher ed, lifetime learning, and to cut education is to increase the deficit. so thank you for posing that question. >> congresswoman, really great pleasure to have you here. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. my pleasure, good luck to you and congratulations. >> thanks again to democratic house leader nancy pelosi for joining me earlier today. that's all in for this evening the rachel maddow show starts now.
austerity cut the public role, that does nothing except hurt the deficit. if you want to reduce the deficit, the best thing you can do is invest in education. the education of american people brings more money to the treasury than anything you name, whether it's early childhood k-12, higher ed, lifetime learning, and to cut education is to increase the deficit. so thank you for posing that question. >> congresswoman, really great pleasure to have you here. thank you so much. >>...
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well it was a string of republican and democratic decisions to not hit the full number on security deficits. this is outrageous and senator menendez says we know about benghazi? somebody will puke out there outrageous conduct. [laughter] >> no vomit here in washington d.c. tonight studio number four. lou: maybe you are tougher. >> we have been marinating longer but to your point* the president today was so careful with the artfully crafted all of his theaters were artfully crafted and careful not to blame funding for the attackkin benghazi but mentioning funding a rounded to create the inference. boxer was less careful and when you ask about the ira'she ? he did not answer the question so he was very legalistic. lou: this is moving from a crisis of confidence, it seems to me, directly to a constitutional crisis. this president has lost his credibility. it has been shredded. where are we headed? >> but his ability is to get things done and there is no appetite in washington to get anything done with scandal swirling around the president so beleaguered not he is labor it they and lame in the
well it was a string of republican and democratic decisions to not hit the full number on security deficits. this is outrageous and senator menendez says we know about benghazi? somebody will puke out there outrageous conduct. [laughter] >> no vomit here in washington d.c. tonight studio number four. lou: maybe you are tougher. >> we have been marinating longer but to your point* the president today was so careful with the artfully crafted all of his theaters were artfully crafted...
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because of growth and economy and also because of fannie mae paying back money from the government, the deficit over the next six months is shrinking massively. >> the fed is not reducing its purchase. here ate plan right now for what the fed is going to do. it's going to buy $270 billion in treasury over the next six months and 270 billion of mortgages. and this is demand the fixed income of $510 million. we'll show you supply here and take a look at the next chart. new supply, zoom in here, 142 billion of new supply and no new net mortgage, man a little from fannie mae or freddy mac. their 5 ten bell onof demand means there's going to be 368 billion of cash. if you could just zoom in on that number and that's the number that taper says is going to be money looking for a hope in the market these days. the result is a lot of money having no place to go, but perhaps the stocks, and the fed will be dropping down further. the next screen is the equity risk premium. this is the measure over the risk-free treasury rate. you can see it's already at a historic high now according to tepper's math, this
because of growth and economy and also because of fannie mae paying back money from the government, the deficit over the next six months is shrinking massively. >> the fed is not reducing its purchase. here ate plan right now for what the fed is going to do. it's going to buy $270 billion in treasury over the next six months and 270 billion of mortgages. and this is demand the fixed income of $510 million. we'll show you supply here and take a look at the next chart. new supply, zoom in...
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the board of education approved the deficit elimination plan, and really, chris, i want to thank you and other folks who brought attention to this. it was putting a great big light on this problem that, i think, caused the reverse, of course. and the good news is these kids will be able to finish their school year, and i'm just really happy about that. >> what have we learned about michigan governor rick snyder in this, the fact he seemed willing, the state government seemed willing, to let these kids not be in school and not turn over any money and not find some way initially for a bridge loan or something. what does that say to you about the governor? >> first of all, i want to thank them for doing the right thing, even though it took some time. i'm not really anxious to point fingers. i think what it does show is we have huge inequities in this country and in michigan and lots of other places, and we need to correct those inequities. for every buena vista that had to close, there are hundreds of schools that are functioning barely at the sustainable level and getting marginal educ
the board of education approved the deficit elimination plan, and really, chris, i want to thank you and other folks who brought attention to this. it was putting a great big light on this problem that, i think, caused the reverse, of course. and the good news is these kids will be able to finish their school year, and i'm just really happy about that. >> what have we learned about michigan governor rick snyder in this, the fact he seemed willing, the state government seemed willing, to...
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when fox realize we need some special events short runs the for america's attention deficit disorder population and we could never fit 24 into a single two hour movie, let's make it into the 12 episodes special run. almost nothing to lose. you can afford to kill off favorite characters or do all kinds of things. i am a real fan of that show. 24 was the first to encourage binge viewing. instead of appointment television every week, to buy the entire package and watch it in an entire weekend and homeland is very much a binge viewing show as well. dagen: i watched the first season on itunes and bought the whole thing. i watched it on pay-per-view. dennis: never saw homeland on showtime, watch it on demand, episode after a visit in these large blocks. that is something we can do more to mind and their increasingly willing to let their shows run anywhere all the time. that helps with this hole -- dagen: who do plus you can get it. >> live on any laptop or ipad. dennis: much more coming. connell: dennis is a big "imus in the morning" fan. the imus radiothon for the imus radio kids for canc
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the deficit is getting smaller. a lot smaller. the congressional budget office says it will be $400 million less than the trillion dollars deficit last year. it's down because of higher taxes. a 60 billion check to the government from fannie and freddie. there's a down side for those of us who want the government to get its finances in order, this takes the wind out of the sails of the spending, cutting movement. maybe the deficit news helped stocks, another record close for the dow, 19th this year and same story for the s&p 500, the 14th he record there this year. we're looking at a flat to slightly lower opening today, but that happened yesterday and we still went up 120 by the close. stay tuned. and suddenly, it seems that president obama's second term agenda is unravelling. and the mainstream media have turned on the administration. big government seriously questioned, my, have times have changed. in just ten days. here is the the all-government, all the time president speaking the at ohio state may the 5th. >> unfortunately,
the deficit is getting smaller. a lot smaller. the congressional budget office says it will be $400 million less than the trillion dollars deficit last year. it's down because of higher taxes. a 60 billion check to the government from fannie and freddie. there's a down side for those of us who want the government to get its finances in order, this takes the wind out of the sails of the spending, cutting movement. maybe the deficit news helped stocks, another record close for the dow, 19th this...
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deficit is shrinking more quickly than previously thought. the nonpartisan budget watchdog says revenue growth will out-pace spending over the next two years. the cbo is slashing its deficit forecast for fiscal 2014 to $642 billion. it's the smallest shortfall since 2008. they're citing rising personal income tax revenues and higher dividend payments by the likes of fannie mae and freddie mac. dan, how important is their assessment? >> well, it's very important for treasury yields. in the first part of the year, we had them go above 2% as economic growth looked strong, a bit down, but now we're moving in that direction again. but what may be a limit on them is exactly this -- the treasury isn't going to be issuing as much debt because the budget deficit's falling. the fed in the meantime is still buying a lot of treasuries, so you're starting to run into a demand and supply imbalance, where there's maybe not quite enough debt out there, if you will. we talk about having too much debt. maybe we don't have enough, and that will probably keep a
deficit is shrinking more quickly than previously thought. the nonpartisan budget watchdog says revenue growth will out-pace spending over the next two years. the cbo is slashing its deficit forecast for fiscal 2014 to $642 billion. it's the smallest shortfall since 2008. they're citing rising personal income tax revenues and higher dividend payments by the likes of fannie mae and freddie mac. dan, how important is their assessment? >> well, it's very important for treasury yields. in the...
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, the trade deficit shrinking this past week we $200 million, all of that hurt gold. so that's a good sell-off for gold. but for the longer term, i think that will change. >> yeah, i've made a list here, and george mentions the dollar, one of the things on my list for all the negatives for gold. you've got momentum on the wrong side, right? four-week low. technicals on the wrong side, below 1,400. the stock market rally, which is negative for gold. you have some big money getting out. and then you have, while physical demand is picking up all around the world, it's not enough to offset some of the investment dumping in etfs pensions, and other things that are going on. finally a positive. >> you hit the nail on the head. the trend right now is your friend. you have a stronger dollar, a stronger economy across the world. the trade on right now is buy the s&ps, buy the nikkei, buy the dax, buy everything, sell gold. that is the rotation that people are moving into, especially funds. and until that trade gets unwound, that's the trade on. i think if we see the s&ps fall
, the trade deficit shrinking this past week we $200 million, all of that hurt gold. so that's a good sell-off for gold. but for the longer term, i think that will change. >> yeah, i've made a list here, and george mentions the dollar, one of the things on my list for all the negatives for gold. you've got momentum on the wrong side, right? four-week low. technicals on the wrong side, below 1,400. the stock market rally, which is negative for gold. you have some big money getting out. and...
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four dead at 7/11 store there four more dead as they tried to get into a freeze tore escape this storm deficit all around. reminiscent of joplin, missouri. bark ripped off the trees. trees split in half. its insulation up in the branches. it is twisted metal around telephone poles. at the 7/11 it' as to be a gas pump but it's nothing but electronics and wires hanging out. the pump stilted sideways it gives you chills. is it doesn't matter last when i was on the ground covering deadly tornadoes and last night covering these and now it doesn't matter how many times you see this. it's just absolutely gives you the shivers and to sit here right now. first responders from all over flooding in here. yelling at each other. shep then excuse me for just a moment. live witness from k next thing you know coming across. bricks hear if coming in. it was trying to stuck the storm seller out of the ground unlastled latch the door. caved the door. in once if ended he we of course got out. i car is gone. i can't find it inspects nowhere to be found and there is an sin angel of brandon brought me home. when i g
four dead at 7/11 store there four more dead as they tried to get into a freeze tore escape this storm deficit all around. reminiscent of joplin, missouri. bark ripped off the trees. trees split in half. its insulation up in the branches. it is twisted metal around telephone poles. at the 7/11 it' as to be a gas pump but it's nothing but electronics and wires hanging out. the pump stilted sideways it gives you chills. is it doesn't matter last when i was on the ground covering deadly tornadoes...
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with deficits better than we thought they would be with other outside things like the sequester, that will give more fuel to the fire. i would pile everything in, but i would slowly be putting money to work in the stock market because this thing doesn't look to slow down. everybody wants the 4% pullback. we got the 4% pull back, april 11th to april 16th. what is that between friends that was your opportunity. david: hold on a second. joe has tivo earnings. go ahead, joe, what are they? >> tivo did well, it was a beat on eps and revenue t was a beat on projected to be a loss of 14 cents. a beat on $86.2 million which was a beat of the estimate, 61.87. tivo which is trying to stay relevant had good news coming out today "after the bell.". david: not an earnings report. this was a loss report. but very good news. liz: important to point out, you're looking revenue, 13% year-over-year increase in the technology revenue. this is a stock while down for the quarter is up about 31% year-over-year. still no word, i know, joe you will be looking for this, to see if there is any mention of upcom
with deficits better than we thought they would be with other outside things like the sequester, that will give more fuel to the fire. i would pile everything in, but i would slowly be putting money to work in the stock market because this thing doesn't look to slow down. everybody wants the 4% pullback. we got the 4% pull back, april 11th to april 16th. what is that between friends that was your opportunity. david: hold on a second. joe has tivo earnings. go ahead, joe, what are they? >>...
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immigration reform, budget deficit deal, another attempt at gun control. up in of that has been talk about since last week and all but a handful of questions today were about the app and the irs subjecting tea party groups to scrutiny. the president says if the irs officials acted inappropriately, they should be held ant credible. and on the phone records, he says mr. bober bober believes reporters should have unfettered access even as the government protects its secrets. >> believe it's possible to strike that balance and at the same time subpoena the phone records? >> i can't comment on the specific reports you cite. i can say the president does believe that the balance should be sought and can be found but it is a balance and, therefore, something that we need to constantly work at. >> the obama administration has launched six prosecutions for leaking classified information, which is more than all previous presidents come bind, shepard. >> shepard: on benghazi some observed that jay carney seems to not believe any of the questions about that are still l
immigration reform, budget deficit deal, another attempt at gun control. up in of that has been talk about since last week and all but a handful of questions today were about the app and the irs subjecting tea party groups to scrutiny. the president says if the irs officials acted inappropriately, they should be held ant credible. and on the phone records, he says mr. bober bober believes reporters should have unfettered access even as the government protects its secrets. >> believe it's...
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we have a government that deficits that are shrinking. it's hardly an issue we talk about these days. that was a huge deal around the sequestration issue, the fiscal cliff and that sort of thing. look, i can complain as well. stocks are acting a little tired. maybe they need a rest. and the fundamental earnings. first quarter earnings not great. that is more importantly revenues and guidance. they need to get a little better. i suspect in the second half they will. >> 22% over the last 12 months for the dow industrial average when i look at the one-year, if you're constructive, how much more can we get? >> well, you know, it depends how long the fundamental remain good. i can buy the s&p 500 and get a higher yield than 10-year treasury. that's pretty unusual that stocks yield more than bonds which tells me i suspect we still have more room. now, the fed, remember when the january minutes were released in march. the stocks had a bit of a hiccup. it does not mean it's the end of the bull market. >> the markets are getting a little tired her
we have a government that deficits that are shrinking. it's hardly an issue we talk about these days. that was a huge deal around the sequestration issue, the fiscal cliff and that sort of thing. look, i can complain as well. stocks are acting a little tired. maybe they need a rest. and the fundamental earnings. first quarter earnings not great. that is more importantly revenues and guidance. they need to get a little better. i suspect in the second half they will. >> 22% over the last 12...
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we were hoping to work more on the deficit. do you think this will diverge us from getting things like that done in washington? >> i am not so sure that the market will take that as bad news. the less they do inside the beltway seems to be the better. that is seen as bad news. the more gridlock, the better in many peoples minds. dennis: we have justice with the ap, the irs going after tea party groups, if we have a third-party to come up that is overreaching like that, it gets far worse. >> i will give you one. it is still another one. if i can quickly push back a little on what david said, i agree. i would also say be careful what you wish for. the specter of a three year lame-duck president does not look that great internationally. i do worry about that angle. >> i am not too worried about what is happening internationally. i think they will basically be just slightly by over the next couple years. it is the economy here that i am worried about. with gridlock, look at what we have been able to get done. the president realizes
we were hoping to work more on the deficit. do you think this will diverge us from getting things like that done in washington? >> i am not so sure that the market will take that as bad news. the less they do inside the beltway seems to be the better. that is seen as bad news. the more gridlock, the better in many peoples minds. dennis: we have justice with the ap, the irs going after tea party groups, if we have a third-party to come up that is overreaching like that, it gets far worse....
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a growing deficit plus those unfunded pensions. where will the money come from to save this city? they need it fast. a frequent guest on this program. thank you very much for coming back to us. where is the money coming from? they will have to have money within the next few weeks. >> you may be talking to the wrong guy. i am sure plenty of people are in line for a haircut all around. i wanted to talk to about why detroit and other cities are failing. stuart: you have to have an opinion on this. >> my opinion is that detroit defined michigan. stuart: there are only two choices here. they have to have money or they just totally shut down. everything shuts down totally. there is only two choices. >> i think that the governor has to step up. i think that this city has to be committed to a long-term plan. stuart: are you prepared to see money from your city go to detroit? >> no. we cannot afford it. again, i think a lot of folks are in line for a haircut. i think it will have to be shared sacrifice. our cities are failing by design. we have many cities that are headed towards bankruptc
a growing deficit plus those unfunded pensions. where will the money come from to save this city? they need it fast. a frequent guest on this program. thank you very much for coming back to us. where is the money coming from? they will have to have money within the next few weeks. >> you may be talking to the wrong guy. i am sure plenty of people are in line for a haircut all around. i wanted to talk to about why detroit and other cities are failing. stuart: you have to have an opinion on...
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i get it, sometimes you need to dip in and create deficit. but if there is something broken, you can cause things to move up, whether it is gdp. you can try to kick-start housing by trying to silence rates, but in the end the key to house something sustainability. >>> let's switch gears. i'm going to read you something, a tweet. okay? associated press, irs, ask not what can you do for your country, ask what your country can do to you. i didn't write that. i think it is clever. a tea party person didn't write that. even though there is nothing wrong with being a conservative voice. bill gross. that was bill gross' tweet for today. the point of this is the country is not happy. now whether you look at the associated press story, whether you look at the residual issues of benghazi or specifically you look at the irs, we know a couple of things. the country's divided. i'm not saying divided is bad. throughout our history maybe the division of government is one of our greatest assets. the tug-of-war goes on constantly. it is a good thing. it might
i get it, sometimes you need to dip in and create deficit. but if there is something broken, you can cause things to move up, whether it is gdp. you can try to kick-start housing by trying to silence rates, but in the end the key to house something sustainability. >>> let's switch gears. i'm going to read you something, a tweet. okay? associated press, irs, ask not what can you do for your country, ask what your country can do to you. i didn't write that. i think it is clever. a tea...
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first city manager steve iran said they're running about 1.2 men out structural deficit and there is nowhere else to cut. for have already cut over 40 percent of the staff of the last couple of years, including over 50 percent of the finance ministry's is that and so please pardon is lasting they have. >> in 2010 probably about october when the fire alarm was pulled and said hey you're going to run out of money. it took a year of upheaval before the city council is totally replaced with a selection. as special election is the only thing that can save the police the border on june 4th. hercules residents will decide to increase the utility tax 2%. if the measure passes the police of our best days if not the county will take our policing. >> the bay to breakers is just three days away on sunday. charles clifford takes a look of the race route. >> the bay to breakers course from the east to west across san francisco and starts downtown at the intersection of main street in our street. just off the embarcadero. from the start line runs her west and to our streets a mile and have led them
first city manager steve iran said they're running about 1.2 men out structural deficit and there is nowhere else to cut. for have already cut over 40 percent of the staff of the last couple of years, including over 50 percent of the finance ministry's is that and so please pardon is lasting they have. >> in 2010 probably about october when the fire alarm was pulled and said hey you're going to run out of money. it took a year of upheaval before the city council is totally replaced with a...
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and there was some positive news on the deficit. but both of those items will take a long time to pay dividends. and the administration will have to still fight the crises for now, if they ever want to be able to maximize both of these agenda items in the long term. wolf? >> jessica yellin over at the white house, thanks very much. let's dig a little bit deeper now with our chief political correspondent, host of the "state of the union" candy crowley. the president trying to change the subject today, didn't work that well, because the subject is still out there. >> there's a formula for presidents who get into political trouble. and it begins with trying to change the questions. which he did pretty well, i think, in the rose garden, at least it was a good first step. went out there and said, okay, what we really noo ed is money to help secure the embassies. that was his response to the benghazi problem. he talked about the irs, and said, well, this was done, because i take these leaks very seriously, because they endanger americans.
and there was some positive news on the deficit. but both of those items will take a long time to pay dividends. and the administration will have to still fight the crises for now, if they ever want to be able to maximize both of these agenda items in the long term. wolf? >> jessica yellin over at the white house, thanks very much. let's dig a little bit deeper now with our chief political correspondent, host of the "state of the union" candy crowley. the president trying to...
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the heat erasing 11-point second-half deficit to knock out the chicago bulls in game five. the heat again in the eastern conference finals. they await the winner of the pacers and knicks. the pacers could close that thing up at the garden tonight. >> so it could be the pacers versus memphis? >> potentially, yes. >> that's what you're hoping for. >>> turning to college basketball, rutgers university has announced julie herman as its new athletic director. herman replaces the former a.d. who resigned after a video came out of the school's former men's basketball coach mike rice. >> ow. >> caught on camera hurling basketballs at players and using in a couple cases gay slurs during practice. hermann would be rutgers' first female a.d. she comes from louisville where she served as their athletic director's top deputy. she's got more than 30 years in college athletics but no prior experience as the head of a school's athletic program. >> mike, are there a lot of top program -- >> five. she becomes the fifth in d-1 schools. >> good move. move>> g >>> up next, author, columnist, ke
the heat erasing 11-point second-half deficit to knock out the chicago bulls in game five. the heat again in the eastern conference finals. they await the winner of the pacers and knicks. the pacers could close that thing up at the garden tonight. >> so it could be the pacers versus memphis? >> potentially, yes. >> that's what you're hoping for. >>> turning to college basketball, rutgers university has announced julie herman as its new athletic director. herman...
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congressman ryan, are you going to be able to work with the administration on things like the economy and the deficit and immigration reform while congress also spends so much time focused on discovering more and doing more in oversight on the scandals and controversies. here's what he had to say. >> we have to do our job to our constituents to do oversight of the federal government, we're not getting straight answers on benghazi. we're not getting straight answers on the irs. clearly we're worried about intimidation of the press with respect to the doj scandal. that doesn't mean we're only going to do that. >> his point is they can walk and chew gum at the same time, that members of congress have this oversight responsibility, but you heard him say, very pointedly, we're not getting straight answers on benghazi, we're not getting straight answers on the irs. there is a lot of feeling by republicans and even some democrats in congress that the testimony today by the acting irs commissioner did him more harm than good. even if he's on his way out the door, there are questions about whether or not he's
congressman ryan, are you going to be able to work with the administration on things like the economy and the deficit and immigration reform while congress also spends so much time focused on discovering more and doing more in oversight on the scandals and controversies. here's what he had to say. >> we have to do our job to our constituents to do oversight of the federal government, we're not getting straight answers on benghazi. we're not getting straight answers on the irs. clearly...
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because the market is going up and the deficit actually went down. >> steve: that's right until for the first time in a long time (you know who else had a surplus? california. >> steve: they still do. from california to texas, and more on that twister out of granbury, texas. this is some of the damage left behind after three big twisters leveled a community built by habitat for humanity. heather nauert standing by with details. >> good morning to you. as we're taking a live look at the pictures, you can see how some homes have been completely devastated, while others seem to not have been touched at all. we are waiting just about 30 minutes from now, officials planning to hold a press conference to update us on the widespread damage outside of dallas. this as we get a better look at the devastation done near there. the violent twisters, one was a mile wide, it completely destroyed houses, hurdling people far from their homes. at least six people are dead and dozens more have been hurt. listen. >> it was loud, very loud, you could just hear things crashing and banging and everything like
because the market is going up and the deficit actually went down. >> steve: that's right until for the first time in a long time (you know who else had a surplus? california. >> steve: they still do. from california to texas, and more on that twister out of granbury, texas. this is some of the damage left behind after three big twisters leveled a community built by habitat for humanity. heather nauert standing by with details. >> good morning to you. as we're taking a live...